Beidh lá eile ag an bPaorach    We'll live  to fight another  day . That was the main thought  from all the competitors and mentors  from Glasdrumman  after taking part in this year's South Down Scor na nOG  Qualifiers in Mayobridge on Saturday evening .  First  to the stage for the  Glasdrumman Club  were our Ceili Dancing team of : Cara Sloan ,Carragh Cochrane, Caitlin  Morgan ,Aine Doran, |Clodha Morgan  and  Riagin O'Hare  ,who danced the Fairy  Reel but  such was the high standard of competition  in this  qualifier that the team narrowly missed out on a place in the Final .  As a club we are delighted that so many of the young dancers and their parents travelled up to Mayobridge , after having taken part in competitions in Dublin earlier that day . Ar mBuiochais mor  libh go leir.    It is  widely regarded that one of the benchmarks of any  performer is the ability to have the whole audience give its full attention to the song and singer whilst onstage.   Niamh Mc Dowell , having completed  her transfer test earlier that day , sang a mesmerising version of " The Town I love So well " and again such was the exceptional standard of Solo singers competing ranging from 6 to 16 years old  that Niamh and the Club  were denied a place in the South Down Final  . The adjudicators  had a very tough task deciding which two from this very talented group of Solo singers should progress to the Final .  Well Done Niamh you  are a credit to your family, Club ,mentors and teachers and definitely " One to Watch " for the future .    In the Instrumental  section , after hearing the polished performances from the very talented groups from Cumann  Peadar Naofa and Cluain Daimh , Glasdrumman were  under  no illusion as to who would be progressing to the South Down Final and  indeed the remark was made , not only about the instrumental section  but of the competitions throughout , that if this was the standard of the  runners-up , then we are in  for a very highly competitive and high standard of entertainment   in all sections in the Final in St.Marks on Sunday at 5-00 pm . The Club's Instrumentalists, Peter Doran on Violin, Ciara Rooney , Cara Sloan and Orla Smith on Tin Whistles  with Niamh McDowell  on violin and guitar gave a very polished  performance of the two tunes The South Wind and Britches full of stitches .   There  is a great spirit of camaraderie , positivity , enthusiasm   and commitment  among  all our Scor na nOg team this year and as  mentors Donna, Joanne and myself  can only express our admiration and gratitude for all the fun, hard work  and  rehearsal  each and every one of you have put in  for our Club  this year.  We look forward to seeing as many as possible coming over to St.Mark's Warrenpoint next Sunday 23rd November  at 5 pm  to support our ballad group of Niamh, Tara, Orla and Ciara   who will be flying the flag for Glasdrumman  in the South Down Final .

Date for your dairy. Keep Sunday December 7th free for the visit of Santa to the clubrooms at the club Christmas Bazaar

This year the Down County Board are not producing their usual Down Yearbook. Instead they are producing an on line photographic section for each club. Please forward any photographs you would like included covering all aspects of club activities to the club PRO or any committee member asap.

Glasdrumman G.A.C  send our deepest condolences to the Newell family at Blackrock, Ballymartin  on the death of Brian Senior Father of our former player Brian  and grandfather of Michael  who played at underage for us . Go nDeanai Dia trocaire ar a anam uasail dhilis .

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